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Rolling Stones – Vancouver First Night (SODD 038/39)
By gsparacoon August 12, 2007
Vancouver First Night (SODD 038/39)
Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC, Canada – June 3rd, 1972
Disc 1 (45:30): Brown Sugar, Rocks Off, Gimme Shelter, Bitch, Tumbling Dice, Happy, Honky Tonk Women, Loving Cup, Torn & Frayed, Ventilator Blues
Disc 2 (42:29): Sweet Virginia, You Can't Always Get What You Want, Midnight Rambler, All Down The Line, Bye Bye Johnny, Rip This Joint, Jumping Jack Flash, Street Fighting Man
When the Rolling Stones planned their first tour in three years they chose to begin on the west coast and to work their way east to end almost two months later in New York, a similar itinerary as the tour in 1969. Vancouver was chosen because it is on the west coast but far enough away from the bigger cities San Francisco and Los Angeles and allowed the band to tinker with the set list.
This show proved to be problematic even before the band hit the stage. In their last visit to the city on July 19th, 1966 Richards swung his guitar and hit a police officer after the power was turned off, an incident which made the police reluctant to allow the band to even appear in the city.
On the day of the show Marshall Chess, the famous record producer and owner of Chess Records, handed out free tickets in front of the venue causing a riot by fans attempting to catch them, inflaming an already paranoid police who experienced a similar riot several months before by fans wanting to buy tickets to see Led Zeppelin in a show that was eventually cancelled and moved south to Seattle.
Despite this one fan was able to tape the entire "dress rehearsal" and this important tape has seen several releases on compact disc. It is a fair to reasonably good mono audience recording that provides a good record of the events on stage.
Vancouver First Night (Off Beat Records CD20) is missing the beginning tuning, "Tumbling Dice," and places "Honky Tonk Women" after "Street Fighting Man" giving the impression it is an encore.
Compared to the Off Beat Records version, SODD is, according to Rawlings, brighter and less balanced. Vancouver 72 (Idol Mind 022/23), released about fifteen years ago, is an improvement over the Off Beat Records version since all of the songs are present in the proper order.
SODD is the first release of this show since and it is curious there are so few titles given its important. This new version sounds much brighter and dynamic than the Idol Mind. One Stones collector comments, "The SODD version is 'fake stereo,' probably caused by tape mis-alignment. The recording was mono to begin with. I believe the IMP release was the same but I used one channel mixed into both which eliminates this phasing effect….The SODD version sounds a little more bassy and trebly than IMP's to my ears. Overall I think the SODD is an equalized copy of the IMP CD from 15 years ago. It doesn't seem better or worse, just different." (DH)
SODD place "Ventilator Blues" at the end of the first disc after "Torn & Frayed" when the best authorities place it later in the set after "You Can't Always Get What You Want."
Some have commented that the SODD release might be "too bright," but it does sound like the label wanted to open up the tape and produce something much more enjoyable than has previously circulated and this version sounds more immediate and engaging.
The concert itself is what can be expected for an opening night of a major tour with lots of nervous energy and surprises in the set list with the band making some mistakes. Rolling Stone magazine reports, "The show lasts an hour and 40 minutes, Keith blows two guitars, and the Stones get to test which songs they'll be using on the rest of the tour; The first one's always a dress rehearsal for us,' Mick says the next morning."
The Province writes, "Traditionally rough and messy and strong, the Stones were rough and messy and strong on Saturday, launching into a set that caught fire – and then gradually flickered out. Familiar to begin with, the central segment relied on slow blues and new material from the Exile on Main Street album – much of which, lyrically inaudible, left little impression except as an extension of Rolling Stones style. And, when they had almost lost the energy, almost rolled to a point of musical inertia, they saved themselves with familiarity again – something recognizable to cheer for, songs that one knew the words to so it didn't matter if the sound was turning to spaghetti halfway down the room."
The set list contains eight songs from the new album all making their live debuts.
Two songs, "Torn & Frayed" and "Ventilator Blues" were dropped after this show never to appear again and "Loving Cup" would disappear after the Seattle shows the following night. This latter cut is a shame since "Loving Cup" is an excellent live piece which could have developed in time. It also gives pianist Nicky Hopkins a chance to be heard in the mix since most of his contributions are buried under the other instruments.
The packaging for Vancouver First Night is in line with previous titles from this label. It comes in a fatboy jewel case with very clean and simple graphics and a fuzzy black and white photo from the tour on the front cover.
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Bjarke February 16, 2008, 5:48 pm
No, that's not correct – the photo on the from comes from MSG in July, not from Vancouver.
I think this SODD release is a very unpleasant listen, as they boosted the treble really badly; as well as some other EQ work. There's no life left in the recording. IMP still has the best release for this show; which is quite extraordinary for a CD release; – as it's released 16 years ago (1992)
The new Tarantura titles are here.
New releases on Wardour & no label!
Radiohead_Scotch_Mist (Apocalypse Sound AS 132)
Black Sabbath – The Day of Tony's Illness (TCDBS-9)
Paul McCartney and Wings – Boston 1976 – Steve Hopkins Master Tapes (No Label)
Beatles in Stockholm – more releases.
Interesting set of new releases
Led Zeppelin – Live At Tear-Gassed Place (Tarantura TCD-28-1/2)
The Beatles – The Black Album (Extract Factory EXT 005)


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2-stage screening promising for ovarian cancer
A screening protocol that takes into consideration CA-125 levels over time and results of transvaginal ultrasound (TVS) shows promise in early detection of ovarian cancer, according to a new report from investigators at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. In a large, prospective study, the combination demonstrated excellent specificity and positive predictive value (PPV) in a group of women at average risk of ovarian cancer.
Published in Cancer, the 11-year study enrolled 4,051 women from 7 sites across the country. None had strong family histories of breast or ovarian cancer and all were healthy, postmenopausal and, aged 50 to 74. The primary endpoint was specificity and the investigators also assessed PPV.
At study entry, each participant underwent CA-125 testing. Based on age and CA-125 score, the women were stratified into one of 3 risk groups: annual CA-125 testing (low risk), repeat CA-125 testing in 3 months (intermediate risk) or TVS and referral to a gynecologic oncologist (high risk). The average rate of referral to a CA-125 test in 3 months was 5.8%; for annual referral to TVS and review by a gynecologic oncologist it was 0.9%.
On the basis of TVS, 10 women underwent surgery, 4 of whom were found to have invasive ovarian cancers (1 stage IA, 2 stage IC, and 1 stage IIB disease), 2 of whom had ovarian tumors of low malignant potential (both stage IA), 1 of whom had endometrial cancer (stage I), and 3 of whom benign ovarian tumors. For detection of invasive ovarian cancer, the resulting PPV was 40% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 12.2%, 73.8%) and specificity was 99.9% (CI = 99.7%, 100%). Prior to having rising CA-125 levels, all 4 women with invasive ovarian cancer were enrolled in the study for at least 3 years.
Of great importance, the investigators said, was detection of 4 invasive ovarian cancers at an early stage when disease is not only treatable but most often curable. They noted, however, that the findings are neither definitive nor immediately practice-changing. Results of a large, randomized prospective trial-such as a study ongoing in the United Kingdom that is expected to conclude in 2015-are needed to establish the screening protocol's value.
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Берестейський замок () — оборонна споруда біля річок Буг та Мухавець. Спочатку був побудований у Х столітті, ймовірно, з метою колонізації місцевих балтських племен ятвягів. Пізніше за оборонним ровом, також між річками Буг та Мухавець виросло й місто Берестя.

Берестейський замок залишався дерев'яним до кінця XVI століття, коли його замінили бастіонними укріпленнями. Займав площу більше 2 гектарів, мав п'ять веж, одна з яких була прохідною і вела до міста. У середині ХІІІ століття галицько-волинські князі з метою посилення оборони побудували на одному з кутів замку муровану вежу-стовп. На сьогодні від неї нічого не збереглося, але літописець згадує, що вона була схожа на Кам'янецьку. У XIV столітті замок захоплювали лицарі Тевтонського ордену, поляки, в 1500 році витримав облогу кримських татар. У XVI столітті дерев'яні вежі та стіни замку мали підсябиття. 1525 року берестейський замок згорів.

Наприкінці XVI століття замок, укріплений земляними бастіонами, увійшов до ланцюга загальноміських укріплень.

Відбудований замок було зруйновано під час антифеодальної війни 1648—1651 років. Відновлений під час війни між Росією та Річчю Посполитою 1654—1657 років. 1657 року його захопили шведи, в 1660 і 1661 роках — росіяни, 1705 року під час Північної війни — знову шведи.

У 1830-х роках замок, як і цегляну вежу, зруйновано російською владою під час будівництва п'яти бастіонів Берестейської фортеці.

Зображення замку було вміщено на пам'ятнику будівництву Брестської дороги у Варшаві.

Література

 Вялікае княства Літоўскае: Энцыклапедыя. У 3 т. / Рэдкал.: Г. П. Пашкоў (гал. рэд.) і інш.; маст. З. Э. Герасімовіч. — Мн.: Беларуская Энцыклапедыя, 2005. — Т. 1: Абаленскі — Кадэнцыя. — 688 с. — ISBN 985-11-0314-4 (т. 1), ISBN 985-11-0315-2.
 Брэсцкі замак / М. А. Ткачоў // Архітэктура Беларусі: энцыклапедычны даведнік. — Мінск, 1993. — С. 91.
 Энцыклапедыя гісторыі Беларусі. У 6 т. Т. 2. — Мінск, 1994.
 Замки Беларуси / М. А. Ткачев. — Минск, 2005.
 Беларуская энцыклапедыя. У 18 т. Т. 3. — Мінск, 1996.

Замки Великого князівства Литовського
Замки Білорусі
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Regulations — Market — Innovation — Blockchain
The Winklevoss twins, a sparkling name in the crypto industry, have been upbeat on bitcoin irrespective of the risks associated with the coin.
August 25, 2019 . 5:03 AM
The Winklevoss twins, a sparkling name in the crypto industry, have been upbeat on bitcoin irrespective of the risks associated with the coin. In a conversation with CNN Business on 22 August, the billionaire brothers brought to light their outlook on Bitcoin as an investment.
Bullish Billionaire Twins
Though cryptocurrency might seem precarious to an average investor, Tyler Winklevoss stated the contrary. He highlighted the step-ahead vision held by the coin and how we can own a piece of this remunerative internet currency.
Cameron added the similarity bitcoin possesses to gold and remarked that despite the immense volatility, Bitcoin is the future.
However, the most exciting aspect arose in the interview when the Internet entrepreneurs talked about Libra.
Is the infamous rivalry nearing an end?
The identical siblings unveiled their plans for joining the Libra Association, ignoring the feud with the social platform King, Mark Zuckerberg. In 2004, the brothers sued Zuckerberg over Facebook's ownership, claiming that he stole their idea for the social networking site. Although their summon to control the company did not bear any merit, the Gemini twins were awarded a settlement of $65 million in 2008. As reported, the outcome of this strife was that they invested $11 million in bitcoin at $120 a coin and grew to be the bitcoin masters.
Besides suing their junior, Mark Zuckerberg, they even filed a case against an early bitcoin investor. In 2018, the cryptocurrency entrepreneurs cited a lawsuit against Charlie Shrem for stealing 5,000 bitcoins worth $32 million. As per reports, Shrem helped the brothers invest in BTC in 2012.
"We see a Crypto Earth!"
Following the interview, the capitalists commented on the inevitable arrival of the day when crypto would become a household name and a single second in the world won't measure without a crypto coin. Libra is synonymous with the most significant chance of crypto for global introduction and adoption. Although the venture capitalists mentioned their collab with facebook's currency, they were certified to attain pedantic knowledge of the project before committing to the decision. The twins will firmly refuse if Libra favors heavy centralization in any form.
Regulations regulate the twins' investment.
Though the twins keep faith in crypto being the future, they connect with the regulations with the same willingness. Facebook's Libra hasn't yet come into execution but stands in the regulatory circle. Tyler argued that though bitcoin may hold a history of being used for scams, the people behind them are seized. Also, "smart criminals" tend to avoid its use due to the transparency and traceability attached to the crypto coin.
Apprehensions? They don't stop the Winkleviis!
At present, Libra is under the flame. From the European Union to the US Senate, every authority is entering to investigate the exciting launch of this virtual currency. Moreover, Libra's progress is currently ceased until the executives examine its system.
Also, according to a report by Financial Times, three of the investors have considered withdrawing their support from the Libra association.
Quite paradoxical, but where Mark's already star-studded partners are apprehensive about the launch of facebook's digital coin, his historical foes have their arms outstretched to join the association!
Thus far, the Libra Association has not responded to the inquiry about a potential collaboration.
The Winkling Heroes
The Winklevoss Twins are reflection images of each other. Tall and powerful, the siblings became the most prominent names in the crypto world and the mainstream media. Both halves of the billionaire duo became the plot of a book named "The Accidental Billionaire" by Ben Mezrich, which David Fincher later filmed. The "Bitcoin Billionaires: A True Story of Genius, Betrayal, and Redemption" is the latest release by Ben that scout the origin of Facebook from the brothers' view along with the making of their billions in the crypto world.
Gemini's Gemini
The Winklevoss' are very sincere bitcoin believers. To ensure the flight of Bitcoin to the mainstream, the twins established Gemini Trust LLC in 2014. Gemini is a cryptocurrency exchange platform regulated by the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS).
In 2016, it became the first licensed ether exchange. The platform is a successful bridge between the old and new money with security. The victorious players of the digital world added several partnerships and products to Gemini's portfolio. Today, the crypto trade site attains digital asset insurance covering the tokens and coins held on the platform.
We'll sustain with our "stable" coin!
The name Winklevoss positively oozes blue-blood money and made headlines with the announcement of the launch of a dollar-backed stablecoin built on ethereum. The Gemini dollar is designed to initiate liquidity for users wishing to send or receive the US Dollar via the ethereum network. However, the stablecoins brought controversy when some accounts were abruptly closed without explaining their redemption.
Winklevoss – the crypto psychics
Also, in a recent interview, the precious twins predicted that each of the big four of the internet – Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, and Google would come forth with their cryptocurrency projects within the next two years.
Gemini in Down Under
Gemini has now announced its transparency and perceptibility in Australia. The crypto exchange will now be accessible to Australian users, allowing them to buy and sell five digital coins, including bitcoin, zcash, litecoin, ethereum, and bitcoin cash. Besides, the billionaires are making mobile applications convenient for IOS and android users.
Will the open gesture of the Winklevoss end their rivalry with Facebook? Will the partnership ascend Libra's launch? If it does, will it be a skyrocket for Gemini too?
Indian Police in Firozabad has developed a web portal for reporting crimes using the Polygon Blockchain
, and Sahil Kohli
SEC probe into Yuga Labs continues, while investors still hold to their shares


"Vancouver City Council has installed the flags of three First Nations in recognition of Vancouver's traditional Indigenous territories. The flags will be permanent fixtures at City Hall's council chambers. On Wednesday, the city raised the flags of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations. Representatives from each nation were present along with Mayor Gregor Robertson. Robertson said the gesture was meant to "to permanently acknowledge Vancouver's location on Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh unceded homelands."
"At FlagandBanner.com, we sell the American flag every single day. Flags are an emotional product and our customers are passionate about why they are purchasing. They purchase from all over the world and hold every different political and religious view. We listen to their stories every single day. Over the years we have had to develop the skill of listening without judgment. This makes us uniquely qualified in this politically polarizing climate to offer you a couple of strategies to navigate your holiday gathering. You will likely find yourself in one or two positions. Either you are the odd man out, which means you are the only one with your political view in the bunch (because everyone that agrees with you is eating somewhere else) or you are in the position of trying to ease the conflict, in which case we call you the hostess with the mostess. You don't necessarily have to be hosting the function to play this role, you are just the one that hates conflict enough that you will do anything to keep the peace. Whichever camp you find yourself in, here is a strategy that will work for you.
" After losing a loved one, there is the overwhelming and uncharted year of 'firsts.' The first birthday they are not there to celebrate, the first Mother's Day or Father's Day, the first week, month and year anniversary of their death, and, of course, the first holiday season they are not there. All of these moments are ones that bring up tender feelings for the grieving families. How then, do you respect their process and not add to their sadness? Below are some tips that may help you feel more inclined to reach out to these families during this holiday season.
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1. On behalf of the European Union and the Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, Mr. Poul Nielson, I would like first of all to thank the Forum for inviting the European Union again to what is the most important political meeting between the Pacific Region and its main partners. We very much appreciate having the opportunity of keeping close contact with the Region, of meeting its key political figures for a lively exchange of views, which allow a better mutual understanding and thereby will lead to an even more effective co-operation. We are grateful to the Secretariat of the Forum for its efforts to enlarge and strengthen the framework of these meetings.
I also want to thank the Government of Kiribati for the splendid and efficient organisation of this year's Post Forum. Having experienced the warm Pacific hospitality for a second time, I sincerely regret that I cannot enjoy it more often.
2. Mr. Chairman, the dawn of the New Century was a memorable event, which brought the Pacific and its Island States into the homes of the people all over the world. It is a happy coincidence that, as far as the development policy of the European Union is concerned, the new Century started with another memorable event. As you will be aware, I am referring to the new Partnership Agreement between the ACP and the European Community and its Member States. As this framework will govern our political and developmental co-operation with the developing countries in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific for the next 20 years, I think it is worthwhile to put the new Agreement into the centre of this year's statement for this important meeting.
3. At a time when so many uncertainties exist with regard to globalisation, global and regional security and the democracy gap between rich and poor, elaborating a new framework for a true partnership with a view to addressing major challenges such as poverty, conflicts and wars, environmental threats and risks of economic marginalisation was not an easy task. Thanks to the long-standing political solidarity between the two groups, which has grown over time, and a shared political willingness, this challenge has been met and overcome. Thus, the signature of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement represents a major political event, demonstrating that after some disappointing results in the area of North/South co-operation in recent times, there is stillroom to expand the true and deep relationship existing between these two parts of the world. We hope that the new agreement will constitute the beginning of a new era based on a profound reform of the spirit, the objectives and the practices of our co-operation. We also hope that, when it is evaluated at the end of its term, our successors will be able to proudly announce that this text and the practical work which has been based on it has led to a significant step forward in our objectives to eradicate poverty consistent with the objective of sustainable development and the gradual integration of the ACP economies into the world economy.
4. The renewal of the ACP-EU Convention has been the subject of intensive discussions since 1996, when the Commission initiated with governments, NGOs and civil society a public debate in the EU and in the ACP States on the basis of a Green Paper. The negotiations themselves between the EU and the ACP started in September 1998 and were brought to a successful conclusion early in February 2000.
· finally a reform of financial co-operation.
The Agreement has been concluded for twenty years, with a revision clause every five years. Also the volume of resources available for financial assistance will be granted for each five-year period in the life span of the Agreement.
The signature of the new Partnership Agreement took place on 23 June in Cotonou, Benin.
5. For the Pacific, the conclusion of this Agreement was of particular significance, as it implied the extension of the Pacific ACP Group to six new Members. Chairman, I am particularly happy to welcome the Cook Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, Niue and Palau to the ACP family. With these accessions to the Agreement, our co-operation with the Pacific Region will be more comprehensive, as we are now covering all fourteen Island Member States of the Forum on an equal basis. This is also of particular importance for the trade relations the EU proposes to the Pacific Region.
Obviously, these new partner States are still relatively unknown territory for the European Union, and this may also be the case the other way round. These countries join an agreement the roots of which go back to the mid 70s. We should make every effort to become better acquainted with each other as quickly as possible. For this purpose, fact-finding missions from the Commission to the new ACP States will take place in the coming weeks. A seminar on the new Partnership Agreement will be organised from 21 to 23 November in Tonga.
6. Let me express on this occasion my regrets at the lost opportunity of having this historic document signed in Suva, the capital of the Republic of the Fiji Islands. The whole ACP/EU Community had agreed that this time it should be the Pacific's turn to host this event and have the world's attention focused on its people, their rich cultures and traditions, its unique environment and its unfolding economies. As you know, this common endeavour was destroyed by the unlawful acts of a few irresponsible individuals. I will come back to this issue under the agenda item on regional security, but I would like to express already now my appreciation for the progress made with the peace arrangements in Bougainville and the Solomon Islands. I am happy to see that the Forum Leaders have given priority to discussing the topic of security in the Pacific Region and the current crises and that a first diagnosis has been made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Papua New Guinea in order to identify the root causes of these problems. To deal with these problems effectively the peoples of these countries and of the whole region need to address potentially divisive issues with sensitivity, mutual respect and the determination to turn previous weaknesses into a source of strength. Equitable and lasting solutions will have to come, finally, from the political leaders and the peoples of the countries concerned. But I am sure that on the way to these solutions, assistance will be needed and I want to assure you that the EU stands ready to do everything in its means to assist you on this way.
7. This leads me to one of the major innovations of the Cotonou Agreement, where the two sides have agreed to place more emphasis on the key role of political dialogue than was the case during the Lomé era. The political dialogue should allow the ACP and the EU to address all issues of mutual concern. It should be conducted in a flexible manner, according to need, and take place within and outside the institutional framework at national, regional or ACP level.
An important innovation in this context is the inclusion of peace-building policies, conflict prevention and resolution in the Partnership by constructive dialogue and co-operation strategies. In this area, the partnership will focus in particular on regional initiatives and on the strengthening of local capacities.
The respect for human rights, democratic principles and the rule of law are, as was the case for the fourth Lomé Convention, are the essential elements of the Partnership. The consultation procedure of the new agreement puts more emphasis on the responsibility of the State concerned and allows for greater flexibility in the consultation process. In cases of special urgency - serious violations of one of the essential elements - measures can be taken immediately.
In addition, commitment to good governance has been included as a fundamental and positive element of the partnership. Both sides underline the importance attached to good governance and have made it a subject for regular dialogue and an area for active Community support.
8. We also decided to enlarge the framework of partnership. In future, a participatory approach will be promoted with a view to ensuring the involvement of civil society and economic and social players as actors in the Partnership. Such non-state actors will be provided with adequate information on the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement, in particular within the ACP countries, and will be systematically consulted on the economic, social and institutional reforms and policies to be supported by the EC. Moreover, non-State actors' involvement in the preparation and implementation of programmes and projects will be facilitated as will access to support for capacity building.
9. The central objective of the new partnership is poverty reduction. The co-operation strategies will reflect international commitments with regard to agreed poverty targets. Through poverty reduction we hope to contribute to the stability in the region, which we see as a precondition to sustainable development.
In order to make the all-embracing objective of combating poverty operational, the Agreement maps out a consolidated and operational strategic framework to development. This integrated approach reflects the complex and multidimensional nature of poverty and will be conducive to a result-orientated approach that can be linked to qualitative and quantitative indicators to measure progress.
(3) Regional co-operation and integration.
Across all areas of co-operation, three crosscutting themes will be systematically mainstreamed. These are gender equality, environmental sustainability, institutional development and capacity building. Within this broad matrix, specific priorities will have to be established on a country-by-country basis in the context of the programming of financial assistance. Differentiation between and concentration on a very limited number of sectors will be key elements in the endeavour for efficient resource management.
10. The new trade arrangements draw the conclusions from the disappointing results of 25 years of non-reciprocal trade preferences under the Lomé Conventions. These preferences did not prevent the ACP share of the EU marked to decline from 6.7 % in 1976 to a mere 3 % in 1998, but also did not result in the desired diversification of exports. As a result, the underlying hypotheses that preferential market access alone will bring growth were falsified. Instead, a more comprehensive approach is needed, that takes account of a whole range of institutional and structural needs of a well functioning society, including an appropriate institutional and regulatory framework, public services and infrastructures and environmental protection bodies. These are the necessary conditions to enhance production, supply and trading capacities, to create new trade dynamics and foster investment and to ensure full conformity with WTO provisions.
The EU and the ACP States have agreed on a process to establish new trading arrangements. The parties will aim to maintain the previous – revised Lomé IV - trade regime, including the Protocols on sugar and on beef and veal, during a preparatory period foreseen to last until 2008. During this period, these protocols will be reviewed in the context of the negotiations of possible new trading arrangements.
The creation of these new trading arrangements, Regional Economic Partnership Agreements (REPAs) as we call them, is the cornerstone of the future ACP-EC trade co-operation. These REPAs will encompass WTO-compatible free trade areas between the EU and different sub-regions in the ACP, building on existing initiatives for regional economic co-operation. The Pacific Regional Free Trade Area provides an excellent opportunity to create an EU/Pacific ACP REPA, should this be desired by the Pacific Region. The REPA will take account of the different levels of social and economic development of the EU on one hand and the ACP region on the other. In order to create an enabling and business friendly environment, the trade liberalisation policies will be flanked by co-operation in trade-related areas such as co-operation in international fora, trade in services, competition policy, protection of intellectual property rights, standardisation and certification, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, trade and environment, trade and labour standards, consumer policy and protection of consumer health.
Formal negotiations on REPAs will begin by September 2002 at the latest. In parallel, starting in 2000, the EU has committed itself to eliminating virtually all exceptions to duty-free and quota-free treatment for Least Developed Countries, on the basis of the Generalised System of Preferences. In 2004, the situation of non-LDC ACP countries that do not consider themselves in a position to enter into an EPA will be examined and in 2006, the overall progress in negotiation of EPAs will be reviewed. The new trading arrangements shall begin on 1st January 2008 at the latest. Its implementation will take place gradually during a transitional period of at least 12 years.
11. In order to improve the efficiency of the administration of the resources available, the instruments of the European Development Fund have been regrouped and rationalised. The totality of EDF resources available will be channelled through two instruments. There will be one single grant envelope for support to long-term development from which each country and region will get an indication of one lump sum of resources. A wide range of different types of operations can subsequently be financed from this allocation and no resources will be locked for a specific purpose. This will allow for greater flexibility and the possibility to re-deploy resources within a country programme and between country programmes as necessary. The resources from the grant facility will be allocated on the basis of an evaluation of needs and performance. All allocations will be indicative and may be reduced or increased during the course of implementation of the programme.
The second instrument will be an Investment Facility, which will replace the previous risk capital and interest-rate subsidy facilities. This facility will be managed by the European Investment Bank. It will function as a revolving fund and the returns accruing from its operations will flow back to the Facility. Loans and risk capital are in principle granted on market-related terms. A degree of concessionality will be granted for operations that fulfil special criteria.
Adapting to this new approach, the system of programming of these resources has been fundamentally reformed. The programming process is more continuous and result-orientated than has been the case in the past. At the outset of the programming process, one single Country Support Strategy (CSS) will be established for each ACP State for a period of five years. The CSS will cover the implementation of all operations financed from the grant envelope, and will be established in dialogue with the recipient country and all other donors (in particular EU Member States) present in the country. The CSS will identify a limited number of sectors where the Community is deemed to have a comparative advantage. The CSS will be complemented by an operational Indicative Programme (NIP), which will set out the concrete operations to be financed in the focal sector(s) and a timetable for their implementation.
A flexible and regular review mechanism will make it possible continuously to update the CSS, the volume of resources and the indicative programme to take account of developments in need and performance. There will be an annual review, which will consist of a stocktaking exercise to review the progress in implementation of the operational indicative programme. At the mid-term and the end of term of the Financial Protocol of the Cotonou Agreement, the review will be expanded to cover a renewed assessment of the relevance of the CSS in the light of developments in the country and if necessary a re-orientation of the NIP (rolling programming) including an adjustment of the financial envelope.
12. A total amount of € 13.5 billion has been allocated to the first five-year period of the Cotonou Agreement, covering the period of 2000–2005.
Apart from the grant resources, the EIB will make available up to € 1.7 billion for loans from its own resources. Thus, the overall amount of the Community's financial assistance to the ACP States shall be € 15.2 billion. To this sum must be added the remaining balances from previous European Development Funds, which amount at this moment in time to € 9.9 billion.
13. We are now facing the challenge of demonstrating that our partnership is able to transform these important resources into actual benefits for the peoples of your countries. A first step in this process is the establishment of the document describing the agreed Country Support Strategies. This document shall include an analysis of the political, economic and social context of the country and outline the country's own development strategies. It shall also pay close attention to the activities of other donors. This analysis will then provide the starting point for deriving suitable orientations for the use of the resources the Community is providing. For the regional co-operation, the same approach applies.
14. Chairman, last year I concluded my statement with a word of optimism for and confidence into the new century. I think that the signature of the Cotonou Agreement constitutes a firm encouragement in this respect. We should now do our very best to fully use these opportunities and continue on this path which will lead us, as the Agreement puts it, to the greater well-being of the populations of the ACP countries. Thank you.


A sequel to the previous adventure games The Longest Journey and Dreamfall: The Longest Journey. The visuals look nice, although the game is getting mixed reviews.
Also a sequel (to Nier, released in 2010). If you like action and role-playing, this game combines the two perfectly, although it suffers slightly in terms of repetitive gameplay.
For anyone familiar with the Zelda games, this is a must-buy. Looks like the best Zelda game of all time, tbh.
What else? Gamespot has the full list.


This new Basement Tape conversation is the final in our Alphabet series on theology. Z is for Omega (The End). This conversation between Dr. R.C. Sproul Jr., Rev. Laurence Windham and their friends considers the end, heaven, and eternity. What does the end of this world look like? Where is life going? To understand the end of the journey we must go back to the beginning. As we get a better grip on our Genesis we will better understand our end in glory, the Revelation of His glory. There is continuity from our beginning to our end, and what we do now matters. It's one story, a story that began in the garden and is moving to completion. Join us for this conversation on the beginning, the end, and what comes in between, on the Alpha, the Omega, and we who are His. This conversation is available in our store.
Our God generously allows Himself to be made known so man engages in God study, or, theology. We study God that we may know His nature, His greatness and His goodness. The chief end of man is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever, and we hope that this series helps His people to be better equipped for this task. These twenty-six conversations are not the end but we hope a beginning of a life of God-Study, a noble and necessary endeavor for all Christians. These conversations are available individually in our store and will soon be available as a full set.
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If the rescue of Tata's ailing UK operations turns out like the Western classic The Magnificent Seven, starring Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen, then we should start praying for Britain's men of steel.
Tata's decision to jettison a large chunk of its foreign empire threatens tens of thousands of UK jobs – 12,000 directly and a multiple of that figure among its many local suppliers, many of which are small businesses that count Tata as their main, or, in some unfortunate cases, their only – customer.
The decision to hunt for a rescue buyer capped a disastrous nine-year foreign foray for the Indian steel giant and was met with widespread scepticism.


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Mark Soloway, William Nadel, Maurice S. Albin, Robert J. White; The Effect of Hyperventilation on Subsequent Cerebral Infarction. Anesthesiology 1968;29(5):975-979.


This morning, we sent out a Call to Action to a select group of our members and supporters. You may have received it.
In this action alert, we ask those of our supporters who live in the congressional districts of the Members of the House Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies (T-HUD) Appropriations Subcommittee to contact these Members and ask them to protect HUD funding in the FY12 budget.
The T-HUD subcommittee is working right now to create its budget for HUD in advance of the scheduled July 14 mark-up. The decisions committee members make will have an impact on the final FY12 budget for HUD, even though the Senate is expected to propose a very different budget for HUD. This is a critical time in the budget process.
So if you received an email from us this morning, we hope you will take action. And if you didn't hear from us on T-HUD today, stay tuned. There will be opportunities soon to take action on other issues important to low income housing advocates, and your Members of Congress will need to hear from you.


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BTON Financial Taps Schwieger and Walker as Non-Execs
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BTON Financial, a startup that is offering outsourced smart broker routing targeting mid-tier asset managers, has appointed the London Stock Exchange's Brian Schwieger and Merrill Lynch's Tony Walker as non-executive directors.
Schwieger and Walker have joined as advisors, helping BTON to promote its vision of offering SaaS-based, broker-neutral routing of buy-side orders to sell-side trading desks and execution systems. The big-name electronic trading hires – in what CEO Dan Shepherd indicates is the first of a series – lend credibility to BTON's operating model, which seeks to help asset managers improve execution performance while reducing overhead cost.
Schwieger is the LSE's global head of equities, with responsibility for equity markets in London and Milan, as well as co-head of ETF and fixed-income markets in London. He is also a non-executive director of the LSE's MTS European fixed-income trading platform. He was previously a managing director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch with responsibility for the firm's European electronic trading platform.
Walker also hails from Merrill Lynch, where he was managing director of EMEA EXecution Services, having started his career at Lehman Brothers electronic trading department. He is also a non-executive director of electronic liquidity provider Citadel Securities Europe.
According to Shepherd, BTON is seeking to reduce overhead while improving performance for mid-tier asset managers by offering a "broker-neutral smart broker router." The hosted service is fully independent, and users are charged only a subscription fee whatever their level of usage.
The service, which has one contracted asset management client and others at advanced stages of contract negotiation, aims to level the playing field for smaller asset managers struggling to compete in the face of reduced and/or expensive access to research, and higher overhead costs as markets beyond equities shift to electronic trading.
Shepherd says clients can opt to fully outsource their trading operations to BTON or use a hybrid model, retaining high-touch operations for large-in-scale orders or esoteric financial products.
Shepherd, a veteran of low-latency connectivity specialist Algo-Span and the LSE's TradEcho trade/transaction reporting service, says the BTON platform receives FIX-based order messages from clients' portfolio management or trading systems (or BTON-provided GUI). The BTON rules engine then routes the order to the appropriate broker, according to best execution and regulatory considerations.
Shepherd reckons this approach can help smaller asset managers that are constrained by inadequate technology, rising compliance costs and profit margin compression. He says BTON helps these firms keep pace with their larger peers, while complying with MiFID II best execution rules, and trade and transaction reporting requirements. It also automates workflow processes, improving trading performance for the benefit of the end investor, he says.
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I was asked about why Jade, who was discouraged from chasing Emily because she'd become a Baroness, was engaged to Alassa by the end of Love's Labour's Won. To understand this, you need to dig into all three characters.
Jade knows Emily personally; he doesn't just know her through reputation. (Cat and Travis have the same reaction; the latter, in particular, mocking her to her face.) He meets her as an unsure naive newcomer in Martial Magic and realises, despite her lack of preparation for the class, that she's actually trying. This garners her some respect. However, there's a vulnerability about Emily that triggers his protective side. His proposal to her at the start of Lessons In Etiquette was motivated by a genuine desire to protect her rather than outright romantic interest. Emily isn't exactly ugly, but this isn't a healthy basis for a relationship.
Emily's lukewarm reaction to the proposal cools Jade's ardour; her rise in social status is one thing, but the fact she's not particularly interested is another. On some level, Jade realises that he would be the one doing all the work in the relationship, trying to break through Emily's defences rather than having her try to break through his and meeting him in the middle. He may also realise that Emily would be very shy about consummating the marriage and that their time as husband and wife would be unsatisfactory.
At base, Jade is a thrusting alpha male (a sheepdog, insofar as the term is valid). Emily responds, on some level, to the awareness that he would never intentionally harm her, but she's also nervous about his sheer level of energy. Their relationship, if they'd ever formed a proper one, would have ended badly. Jade came to realise this slowly – it probably helped that Master Grey was quite happy to point out Emily's flaws – and eventually ended the 'relationship' in Work Experience. They're still friends, but nothing more.
This is a good thing. Protectiveness can easily turn to contempt.
Alassa is a different kettle of fish.
A couple of readers have noted that Alassa is actually quite calculating when it comes to marriage, both considering a number of potential suitors and later 'stealing' Jade from Emily, even though Jade and Emily were never really dating. (There's also the scene where she outlines all the advantages to Emily that would come from marrying Jade.) This is a reflection of her upbringing as Crown Princess. She was raised to be aware that her marriage would be political first, not romantic; she – like plenty of queens throughout history – would be expected to turn a blind eye to her husband's string of mistresses. Her choice of Prince Consort would be based on more than a pretty face and muscles.
Jade is a good choice for a number of reasons. He's not a nobleman, so he won't have a ready-made powerbase in Zangaria he can turn against her. Nor will he excite the jealously of the other nobles, who would have felt slighted if Alassa had married one of them. He's a trained combat sorcerer who can be her court mage, her strong right arm and protector. (And he's fresh blood for a dangerously inbred line.) The fact she actually finds him attractive is icing on the cake.
They do, in fact, have a lot in common. They'd both alpha personalities, they're both guided more by instinct than intellect (not that either of them is actually stupid) and they both enjoy challenges. More to the point, unlike Emily, Alassa is quite willing to do whatever she has to do to form an equal partnership. She won't treat Jade as a decorative piece of arm candy, but as a partner in her rule. Jade would not be doing all the work in this relationship.
There's also the fact that Jade is two years older than he was in Lessons of Etiquette, a trained sorcerer (which makes him a nobleman by default) and considerably more confident than he was. Master Grey was a decent tutor – he was, when he doesn't have a personal axe to grind -and Jade graduated early. In many ways, he's a fitting match for Alassa.
Of course, this does lead to some awkwardness between Alassa, Jade and Emily.
If you look at the timing, they formed their relationship in Alassa's Third Year, while Emily was at Mountaintop. (The School of Hard Knocks.) Jade was basically asked to help tutor Alassa in Defensive Magic, as she was denied the chance to take Martial Magic. Alassa (and Imaiqah) realised that this might cause some problems with Emily, even though Jade and Emily had already ended their semi-relationship.
… Which led, of course, to the explosion in the middle of Love's Labour's Won.
Emily knew she didn't want Jade, but Alassa taking him stung, just a little. The fact it had been kept from her (and she should have seen the signs) stung worse. Alassa and Emily exchanged harsh words before Imaiqah managed to pour oil on troubled waters; Emily realised she was being silly – and she was – and spoke up for the couple to Alassa's father.
Anyway, I hope that makes at least some sense <grin>.
I think that blow up had more to do with Jade stealing Alassa than with Alassa stealing Jade. Emily has more invested in her relationship with Alassa than almost anyone else in her life to that point. Having everyone keep pointing out that if she was a boy they would get married is just a slap in the face. Freaking out over the sudden perceived loss of that relationship makes more sense than the boy she sort of almost dated once.


At its first and kick-off meeting, the current Council of EAPS was happy to see that EAPS is in a very good shape, with a host of successful activities such as the flagship European Population Conference, the flourishing European Journal of Population and the vibrant European Doctoral School of Demography, not to forget the leading international population network Population Europe as well as the lively EAPS Working Group Health, Morbidity and Mortality.
As most of these activities have a more or less permanent character and a generic scope, the Council considered that there is room for a limited number of specific and focused new activities to enrich the scientific program of EAPS and to involve more members, more actively in EAPS.
All members are invited to propose new activities to be considered by the Council.
There is no preferred format for these activities, and proposals can take any shape, such as a working group, a research network, a trailblazing workshop (at EPC or elsewhere) or other. All activities will have a specific mandate (term) and focus to be jointly decided by the EAPS Council and the initiators. Activities will regularly be reviewed by the Council and reported at the General Assembly. EAPS facilities (website and mailing) will be made available for these activities, and the Council will also consider to provide some financial support. It should be kept in mind however that this financial support will always be limited and will never fully cover the cost of an activity (seed money). Institutional backing of the new initiatives including sponsoring and/or hosting of events and activities, either by EAPS Affiliated Institutions or other institutions, is strongly recommended also with a view to sustainability.
Proposals for new activities (a one page description indicating objective, scope, title, membership etc.) should be sent to the Executive Director of EAPS Nico van Nimwegen (Nimwegen@nidi.nl; eaps@nidi.nl) and will be considered by the Council on a rolling basis.


In the museum of Florence is a famous painting. In the painting, a young man is standing at the edge of a mountain. Behind him are bandits. He looks as though he is about to fall to his death. Behind the bandits is a beautiful woman waving her hands as if pleading for the life of the young man.
As the story goes, Salvator Rosa was born to poor parents. He was artistically talented. He could play music, write poetry and paint. His parents hoped he would earn his living playing music but he enjoyed painting more.
He moved to Florence and painted for a living. He loved to paint the mountains in the area. Often, he would go wandering into the mountains for days. He looked for interesting scenes to paint. Rich families bought his paintings. Even the prince of Florence admired his paintings.
One day, he travelled further than he usually did in the mountains. Many people warned him about the dangerous bandits hiding there but Salvator did not listen. He wanted to find new scenes of the mountain to paint. He found a spot and sat down beside a river and started sketching.
Any other person would have been afraid and run away but not Salvator. He was more interested to sketch the strange looking man.
"Now, hold still! I have come to paint you!" replied Salvator.
"To paint?! Don't you know the mountain belongs to us? You have come to spy on us!" the man said.
The leader of the bandits was a big strong man. He was wanted by the Florence police but no one could catch him. He and his bandits robbed and stole as much as they could. And they kidnapped wanderers in the mountain for ransom. Those who failed to pay up were put to death.
"What! I don't have that much money!" said Salvator.
"Then, your friends will pay," said the bandit leader.
"It is true the prince buys my paintings but he does not owe me anything. He pays for my paintings but he will not pay my ransom," replied Salvator.
Saying so, he left Salvator to think for himself.
During the conversation, two small children came out from one of the tents. They were curious to see Salvator.


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The goal is to make Dundas Street "the most exciting street in London."
London city hall released a preview Monday of the plan to turn four blocks of Dundas Street into a "flex street" that can be closed to vehicle traffic for festivals and other events.
"It's really going to be a unique project. It's going to look like no other street in London," said Doug MacRae, the city's manager of transportation planning and design.
"Everything will be special, from the paving to the street lights to the waste receptacles."
The city is set to unveil the full design for Dundas Place Wednesday.
The $18-million project, Dundas Place – or "My Dundas" – will turn four blocks of Dundas Street, between Wellington Street and the Thames River, into a lively gathering place for Londoners.
Dundas Place will "create a stage," MacRae said – a street that can be closed to vehicle traffic and play host to entertainment and cultural events throughout the year.
The majority of the budget will go toward replacing aging infrastructure such as water mains and pavement.
Construction is slated to start next year.
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The full set of designs for Dundas Place will be on display Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m. on the main floor of the Central Library


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The Dutch Designer Who Is Pioneering the Use of 3D Printing in Fashion
In a new exhibition, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta shows how Iris van Herpen started a high-tech movement
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Capriole, ensemble, July 2011. 3D-printed polyamide. In collaboration with Isaie Bloch and Materialise. Groninger Museum.
Crystallization, skirt, top, July 2010. 3D-printed polyamide, goat leather and transparent lasered acrylic sheets. Groninger Museum.
Hybrid Holism, dress, July 2012. 3D-printed UV-curable polymer. In collaboration with Julia Koerner and Materialise. High Museum of Art.
Magnetic Motion, dress, September 2014. 3D-printed transparent photopolymer, SLA (stereolithography) resin. High Museum of Art.
Biopiracy, dress, March 2014. 3D-printed TPU 92A-1, silicon coating. In collaboration with Julia Koerner and Materialise. Collection of Phoenix Museum of Art.
In 2011, Iris van Herpen made a splash when she debuted a 3D-printed dress—one of her first 3D-printed pieces—at Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week. The rigid garment resembled intricate white fabric scrunched-up into the shape of a Rorschach test. It was named one of the year's best inventions by Time magazine.
Van Herpen was the first designer to send 3D-printed couture down the runway, beginning in 2010. Since then, 3D-printing has become a hot new tool in the fashion industry, with major designers creating geometric cutout gowns, stiff and shiny trims and garments that resemble skeletons or Medieval armor. These innovations are mostly for runways, though a few have filtered into ready-to-wear. The luxury brand Pringle of Scotland has woven 3D-printed elements into the patterns and cuffs of its sweaters.
"Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion," the first major exhibition of the designer's work, will open at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta on November 7. The exhibition is a comprehensive survey, featuring 45 of van Herpen's most groundbreaking outfits from 2008 to the present, along with music and videos from her runways shows.
3D-printing technology has been around since the 1980s, and architects, engineers and industrial designers have been using the printers, which create objects layer by layer, to create models and prototypes for decades. There was an explosion of interest in the technique a few years ago, as the technology became more affordable and home printers debuted.
Van Herpen, who is in her early 30s, had a meteoric rise in the fashion industry. She studied fashion at the ArtEZ Institute of the Arts, Arnhem, in the Netherlands, and interned at Alexander McQueen in London. From an early age, she was interested in bringing new materials and processes into fashion, and she began designing womenswear under her own name a year after graduating from fashion school. At 27, she became the youngest designer named to the official calendar of Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week. Van Herpen pioneered the use of 3D printing for fashion, employing architects and engineers to help translate her designs into digital files that the printers can read. She began with rigid designs molded to the body and then expanded to flexible ones, as better materials, such as the rubber-like TPU 92A-1, became available.
"Iris van Herpen is fearless when it comes to experimenting with 3D printing and using the technology as a means to create the innovative designs that are her vision," says Sarah Schleuning, curator of decorative arts and design at the High Museum of Art, a Smithsonian affiliate museum. "She uses the technology not for its own sake, but to achieve spectacular effects that otherwise could not be realized."
Adventurous style icons such as Björk and Lady Gaga have been drawn to van Herpen's pieces, perhaps because her work looks like wearable sculpture. A top from "Crystallization" (2010), her first collection to include 3D-printed elements, is rigid and looks like coral, with loops and ridges. A strapless dress from 2014 nicknamed "Ice Dress" resembles a single formation of ice with an intricate texture. The piece was printed on a state-of-the-art, industrial 3D printer, and the material is a transparent resin. Since the wearer cannot sit down, the piece is clearly intended only for the runway.
"When you look at the dress, the body underneath and the translucent texture merge, and they become one," van Herpen writes in an email. "This is possible because the dress is two pieces, with seams only on the sides, so the texture looks organic."
Sometimes the 3D-printed material is not the garment's structure, but simply an adornment, as in a 2014 dress that resembles a bird, with ribbons of 3D-printed material layered like feathers.
But 3D printing is not without its challenges. Since van Herpen's designs are elaborate, the digital files take a long time to create. And she can't see the finished product until she receives it back from the printing company.
"It remains a surprise how the dress will look," she writes. "In the past, I printed a dress and then found out it didn't look good in the material I chose."
Jenny Wu's jewelry is printed in a variety of materials.
As new materials emerge, designers have to learn their limitations, through experimentation. Jenny Wu is an architect who launched her own 3D-printed jewelry company, LACE, in 2014. Her work is printed in a variety of materials, including elastic nylon, hard nylon and stainless steel. "The tolerances are very different," Wu says. "Initially, my design might come back crumbled into pieces, or it might come back perfect. You have to learn to design to the material."
Van Herpen's 3D-printed designs inspired other designers, including Francis Bitonti, who printed a gown for Dita Von Teese featuring more than 3,000 unique, articulated joints, and Karl Lagerfeld, who adorned iconic tweed Chanel suits with 3D-printed details earlier this year. Fashion design students, too, are eager to experiment with 3D printing, though the cost often puts commercial 3D printing beyond their reach, and they need to learn the modeling software.
This spring, Danit Peleg, a student at Shenkar College of Engineering and Design in Israel, used a home 3D printer to create five garments for her graduate collection. Because the home printer was small, she had to print the material in pieces, and the project took more than 2,000 hours. The finished garments, made with a rubber-like material called FilaFlex, feature geometric cutouts—some delicate, some large—in bold colors.
"I felt like I was tinkering with the future," Peleg says. "I believe we're going to see the fashion industry change. Fashion houses will eventually have downloadable patterns on their websites, so people can print their clothes at home. We won't need to do production in Asia."
Experts warn, however, that it may take decades to arrive at such a future. Lynne Murray, director of the Digital Anthropology Lab at the London College of Fashion, says 3D printing for fashion is still a new concept. "It's a nice idea, to be able to 3D print clothes at home, or at your local corner shop, but it won't be a reality in the next 10 years," she adds. "Maybe in 20 years, and maybe then the dress you get will also be able to change color or change shape." The Digital Anthropology Lab, which just opened this fall, gives the school's fashion students access to 3D printers, conductive textiles, wearable technology and body-scanning technology. Other major fashion schools, such as the Fashion Institute of Technology, Central Saint Martins and Parsons School of Design, have 3D printers and offer courses in how to use them.
"There will be a range of applications," Wu speculates, of the future. "There will be things to download and print yourself, but you'll also be able to get something really special that's designed by, and printed under the supervision of, an artist or fashion house."
"Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion" is on display at the High Museum of Art, a Smithsonian affiliate museum in Atlanta, through May 15, 2016.
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Liz Logan is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in The Christian Science Monitor, More and O, The Oprah Magazine, among other publications.
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1970s Mix Tape
Proof that music snobs are made, not born?
While housecleaning recently, I came across an old cassette tape (brand name "Compact Cassette") on which I taped music off the radio, with a few additional songs from my family's (mostly my sister's) record collection. The technical process was this: I held up my rectangular Panasonic cassette player next to the radio, or the stereo speaker, as the case may be. That was the only method I had to record music until high school, when I gained access to a stereo with a built-in cassette player. (My parents eventually got one, but I was pretty close to graduating by then).
The latest-released song on this compilation came out in February 1979, shortly after I turned 14, so it couldn't have been recorded earlier than that.
What kills me about this artifact is that it provides evidence that I liked all these songs enough to tape them. I can't imagine actually wanting to listen to "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" on purpose, but at one point, I must have. To be fair, my options were very limited. We had a few TV channels, a few radio stations (country and "Top 40"), and a few places that sold a limited amount of records. I read CREEM magazine whenever I could, but really, that only frustrated me, because even if I heard about bands, that didn't mean I had any way to hear them.
However, we are now in the streaming/instant download age, so you can gain much quicker access (thanks, YouTube!) to some songs I can't believe I ever liked, a few I think are pretty good, and some I had completely forgotten ever existed.
Do Ya Think I'm Sexy? - Rod Stewart (1978)
The echoey lo-fi effect of the recording actually makes me like this song a little bit more than I normally would. Fortunately, this was the pre-music video era, so I had no idea how un-sexy I was going to find Rod Stewart. I must have been a fan, because we had "Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)" on 45, and I'm pretty sure I'm the one who bought it. That came out in 1976, so by this time I was an old hand at songs in which Rod is trying to get someone to have sex with him. Today, of course, I have a lot of respect for his model railroading, which is a very cool rock star pastime.
Last Night (I Didn't Get to Sleep at All) - The 5th Dimension (1972)
This was an oldie, which apparently was still being played on the radio. There's a little bit of female masochism in the lyrics, pining for an ex, but this is one I don't feel any hipster embarrassment about at all. They were actually good.
Home in the Sky - Cat Stevens (1974)
I wrote all the song titles on the cassette, and this is one that didn't sound familiar at all. I recognized Cat Stevens' voice right away, though, and listening to it, especially the chorus, there was a faint bell. "Come the morning, I'll be far from here/Slowly rising in another sphere/Old world goodbye/'Cause I'll be home in the sky in the morning/Bye-bye." Is he ... dying? Huh. Not sure I realized that at the time. Still, those are better lyrics than "Music is a lady that I still love."
Takin' Care of Business - Bachman Turner Overdrive (1974)
This was another oldie, but come on, I still love it, for reasons which are self-evident.
Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton (this was recorded from a 45) (1977)
Not a Clapton fan, and thought I never was, but here it is. Even at the time, I think I questioned just how hard he'd been "trying all night long just to talk" to her. Frankly, I think Sally was thinking, "that was fun and all, but I can take care of my worries myself, thank you very much."
I Don't Know If It's Right - Evelyn "Champagne" King (just a snippet) (1978)
"I don't know if I should/Give my love to you when I know you're no good." Oh, Evelyn, you know the answer to your question!
Part-Time Love - Elton John (1978)
And I also doubt the validity of the statement that "You, me, and everybody's got a part-time love." I'm not sure if it was the pop music of the '70s, or just the general atmosphere of the whole decade, but the moral bar seems to be set a little low here.
I Will Still Love You - Stonebolt (1978) (started in progress)
Now, this is really a find! The melodramatic stylings of Stonebolt, whoever they were, make me want to run out and buy their t-shirt, if there was one. Strap yourself in: "When the moooon disappears forever/And the suuuun shines electric blue/When the mountains and trees tumble into the seas/To rest there for eternity/No matter what you do/I will still love you." Just, wow.
Last Episode at Hienton (taped from album Elton John) (1970)
I can hear the crackle on this one! Which, sorry, doesn't exist on your YouTube version. I was a huge fan of Elton's first few albums (Empty Sky and Elton John), and I also loved all his songs about prostitutes and spree killers ("Island Girl" and the unjustly obscure "Ticking"). This is a song I always thought was incredibly romantic, although I'm not sure I really got why her "thighs were the cushions/Of my love and yours for each other," or why that made Valerie a woman. Geez, sometimes I think the Peters Brothers were right -- it is all about drugs and sex. Of course, I don't think there's anything wrong with that ...
Your Song (also taped from album Elton John) (1970)
An oddly "greatest hits" choice in this company, so not much to say about it.
Jet - Paul McCartney and Wings (starts in progress, cuts out) (1974)
You know, why on earth did he mistake the major for a lady suffragette? This has puzzled me since at least 1974, although I haven't lost any sleep over it. A blog post here makes an intriguing case that it's all a play on David Bowie, which would be fantastic if it were true. Even if it's not, it's a pretty brilliant idea. Sadly, I wouldn't hear "Suffragette City" until 1983 ... but at least I would be on my way to becoming a music snob by then. Whew.
Lotta Love - Nicolette Larson (starts in progress) (1978)
Starts in mid-verse, with "So if you are out there waiting, I hope you show up soon." Kind of funny considering how long it would take my future husband to show up. Since he's 6 years younger than me, though, it's probably just as well I didn't know about him when I was 14. I wouldn't have known what to make of that.
Forever in Blue Jeans - Neil Diamond (1979)
Oh, god, I really can't believe this one. I remember a conversation at the local tavern when this played on the jukebox, and we were all like: "Honey's sweet, but it ain't nothing next to baby's treat? WTH?" There's more single entendre, with"tonight by the fire, all alone, you and I/nothing around but the sound of my heart and your sighs." I also get a kick out of the formal "If you'll pardon me, I'd like to say" something about how they'll be forever in blue jeans.
No No Song - Ringo Starr (taped from 45) (1975)
We didn't have DARE back then, but we did have anti-drug classes in which we learned that "horse" was a euphemism for heroin, and other useful information. A friend and I had a dance routine to this song, which I believe involved some miming of smoking, sniffing, and moonshine drinking. We could have been a PSA!
Le Freak - Chic (1978)
I got sick of this song, and other dance songs of the era, but it's definitely come around the other side, and now I quite like it! It was sort of disappointing that disco had fizzled out by the time I was old enough to go to one. Thank goodness for First Avenue's "Club Degenerate."
Only the Good Die Young - Billy Joel (1977)
Another song trying to talk a girl out of her virginity! That theme is a perennial favorite. I've quibbled about many Billy Joel tunes: I cringe every time I hear him say "punk rock" in that "We Didn't Start the Fire" song, and "Uptown Girl" was only redeemed by Ashes to Ashes. But I do have a fondness for this one. It's fun, and his sales pitch of "I might as well be the one" shows he's not taking it too seriously.
Pinball Wizard - Elton John (1975)
Suddenly we're on a roll. Three songs in a row that are perfectly tolerable! Because I knew this version first, I've always thought of it as the "real" one, instead of the Who's.
This is Love - Paul Anka (1978)
Yup, it was too good to last. This is pure schmaltz, musically and lyrically, about a couple of friends who "were like sister and brother." Until suddenly: "Last night was wild/Together til dawn/And something entirely different was born," with the result that "I can't work/I can't eat/I can't sleep any more." From the Complete Incapacitation School of Romance. Sigh.
Stumblin' In - Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman (1979)
I'd completely forgotten about this song, too, but it came back to me. The metaphor of "foolishly laying our hearts on a table" is quite a mental picture, but I've watched a lot of Friday the 13th movies between then and now, so it might not be their fault.
Heart of Glass - Blondie (1979)
I definitely bought 1980's "Call Me" on 45, but I didn't remember having any particular feeling about this big hit. Still, if you're going to tape disco songs off the radio, you could do worse than Blondie.
All I See is Your Face - Dan Hill (1978)
Another amazing find. Not only is this more impassioned emoting from the man who brought us the all-time kitsch classic "Sometimes When We Touch," but the two singles were released the same year. Was he trying to kill us? Here he's pining over the woman who left him: "A stranger touches me and all I can feel is your embrace/A stranger looks my way, and all I ever see is your face." For some reason, the memorable part to me was "I've got my songs to protect me" -- yeah, I wouldn't count on that.
Lotta Love - Nicolette Larson (1978)
We wrap up with another incomplete version of "Lotta Love." I must have figured having two parts of it were better than none. What I really remember about this song from the time is that she had really long hair; I'm surprised to learn that Neil Young actually wrote it! It seems too cute and peppy for me, much less for him.
So there you have it, a snapshot of my life in audio form.
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The Best Punk Band That Never Existed
Introducing ... the Ice Water Baggies
"We may be different ... but we're not stupid." -- K. Hospoda, circa 1984
Katrina Hospoda, 26, from Northern Minnesota
: former drummer/background vocalist of the Doorknobs, a psychedelic group, who broke up due to artistic differences. They were stagnating, trapped in one place and time and style.
: spent her youth as a political radical, protesting when protesting wasn't cool. Denounced capitalism at an early age.
Katrina Usklebek, 20
: from a small Minnesota town with a strong underground movement, living from day to day as a marginal member of the local hard-core scene, involved in illegal concerts in basements and garages.
: no previous professional experience, an amateur with unrealized potential.
Levon Nevazony
: at 3 - 1/2, he left home to hang out with the band the Diaper Rash. When their drummer left unexpectedly, he filled in and became their permanent drummer. Hospoda took in the homeless waif after she discovered him sitting in a hazy corner corner of a club, drumming absent-mindedly along with the music. After watching him drink strawberry sodas all night, she got up and introduced herself.
"He said he liked the Doorknobs, but thought they lacked something in guitar cohesiveness." -- Hospoda on Nevazony
Early recordings
"Ronnie, Ronnie, he's our man
If he can't kill us, nobody can!"
1500 Mutants
Hurry up! Start today!
Manipulate that DNA!
Conceive him in a petri dish
Make him any way I wish.
Chorus: What about the mutants? Fifteen hundred mutants?
Make him strong
Calculating, cruel
In the future he will conquer you
The consummate leader
Filled with brilliance
That's my son
In the petri dish
Split those genes
I don't care about DNA
Make him, make him, make him my way.
The days are few
What's enlightenment worth to you?
(Repeating) I want perfection
There will be no exception.
Mixed up chromosomes
Mutilated fetuses
The head of a cow
Are you going to do now?
But what about the mutants? Fifteen hundred mutants?
He Thinks I'm a Doll
Take a pin
Ram it through my hert
Babe, I'm your voodoo doll.
Slam me to the ground
Stomp, stomp on my guts
Why? I'm your voodoo doll.
Pins up my ass
Pins in my eyes
Rap my head against a tree
Abuse me, destroy me
Oh, I'm your voodoo doll
Hang me by my toes
From your basement ceiling
Hit me with a baseball bat
Feed my hair
To your pet rat
Treat me like shit, babe
Huh, I'm your voodoo doll.
(The editor recalls that the intro began with a Ronald Reagan impersonation saying "Nancy, where's my voodoo doll?" There does not, unfortunately, appear to be any written evidence of this).
It doesn't work
It's getting darker
Another Christmas Season
Frozen waters
Empty gymnasiums
Corporate immunity
Christmas trees decorated with bitterness
Peaceful words
Birds at feeders
Salty sidewalks
Churches filled with the army of oppression
Lighted candles
Iranian terrorism
Bars contain the confused minds
Empty thank-yous
Busy parking lots
Blank staring eyes
Private heaven when she kisses his chest
Festive wrappings
Hidden doubts
Fur lined gloves
Appearances count more than what's in the heart
Blinking lights
Chemical explosions
Why is John Lennon dead?
Exploited women
Bags of cocaine
Confining bureaucracy
The military budget is a sacred cow
Forgotten Indians
Starving children
Live by the dollar and burn in hell.
Rude Girls Against Boschwitz
Rudy Boschwitz
He's a fright
Spending money left and right
Buying nerve gas -- it's the pits
He wants MX, he wants Stealth
He just loves himself and wealth
Down the tubes, our state aid went
Blind support for the President
Rudy moved to the Big DC
Only comes home to collect his fee
He won't pass the ERA
They should be home washing socks all day
How can people be so dumb?
Out with him, out with him, out with the bum!
Notes on the Recordings
1500 Mutants: Katrina on vocals, bookcase and table drums; Katrina on background vocals, harmonica, Vaseline percussion and woodblock.
Drums: Katrina
Recorder: Katrina
Background percussion: Katrina
Vocals: Katrina & Katrina
Song titles with no other documentation include "Dead Languages," "Dippity-Do," "The Boss," "Nuclear Winter," "Dig Her Vibes" (a retro tune, possibly a left-over from the Doorknobs), "Sounds Like Chaos," and "Say It Correctly in Russian," which, I believe was an instrumental, with a periodic vocal comment of "Say it correctly in Russian." It's unclear if these songs were actually written or performed, or were unfinished concepts. There is also an existing snippet which sounds like a country song: "I don't want to hear about your cows/You don't want to hear about my cows."
There is also a liner note on a song called "Pumpkin Lust," with "Todd on vocals, Bill on guitar and rhythm guitar, Ken on synth. Sadly, no information about this song, or the identities of Todd, Bill, or Ken, has been unearthed.
It's a mystery. But wherever they are, I'm sure their Christmas trees are still covered in bitterness. They wouldn't want it any other way.


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Rollins Keeps Rolling: Nancy Rollins Leads U.S. Masters Women in Sacramento
August 2nd, 2011 in Articles by FasterThanForty3 Comments
One woman defies the universal belief that getting older means getting slower. Nancy Rollins is 64, but nearly anyone younger will have trouble keeping up with her in a long distance race. She is one of the best in the world in her age group in events including the 10K and marathon, and she has no intentions on taking it easy any time soon.
Rollins has been running more than 30 years and has an impressive résumé. She placed fourth at the Masters World Championships in Sacramento in July in the 60-65 age group 10K – with a time of 45:57. If that wasn't enough, two days later she took silver in the marathon and was the first American woman in her age group to cross the finish line.
"I viewed the 10k as a bit of a warm up," said Rollins. "I wasn't worried about it. I used it as a springboard for the marathon."
She finished the marathon in 3:36:15, losing to one other woman in her age group: 61-year-old Luisa Rivas from Chile, who ran 3:23:23.
"I had one of those days where I didn't go out too fast and I found my zone," said Rollins. "I didn't know until I crossed the finish line that I was second overall and had the silver medal.
"The race was a joy, and I felt really strong up until the end," she said regarding her performance.
Rollins credited her success on pacing herself. "The woman that finished third made a strong move on me at five miles," she said. "I just ran my own pace and eventually passed her later. Sometimes you can expend energy trying to catch somebody when you really need to run your own pace. I keep learning every time I run another marathon."
Rollins has run nearly 60 marathons and runs about two to three every year. As a girl, she was athletic and into sports. When she was younger she climbed trees, and hung out with her two older brothers. She played tennis in junior high and high school. But after graduating, Rollins went straight into nursing school. In her twenties, she stopped exercising for a full decade.
"My twenties were very busy, and I was very active in many ways, but I stopped being active sports wise," she said. It was at the age of 30, when she went through a divorce and started to date a guy who liked to jog, that she was inspired to take up running herself.
"I could barely run a half mile," said Rollins. "I couldn't even imagine running in the winter."
Even after Rollins and her jogger boyfriend broke up, she kept on running. In 1980, two years after she started, she ran a 10K, a 5K, and the Chicago Marathon. She finished her first marathon with a time of 3:35.
"I was such a novice, I didn't know that the time I ran was even good," said Rollins. "I had no idea how to train." Two years later, on a bus to the 1982 Boston Marathon, Rollins met her current husband. (They have two sons – Jeoff, 26, and Chris, 23 – and her husband and sons run as well.)
"Each time I had a baby I ran faster," said Rollins. "I ran through my pregnancy. A year and a half after having my second child, I set all of my current PRs." In 1990, at age 43, Rollins ran her bests: 18:30 in the 5K, 38:40 10K, and a 3:02:22 at the Chicago Marathon.
When Rollins isn't training for marathons, she works full time as a psychotherapist.
"I have to be very efficient with my time," she said. Rollins runs early in the morning and runs five days a week. She typically logs 40-50 mile weeks when she is training for the marathon. "However, when I ran my PR for the marathon I was only running 30 mile weeks," she said.
She does a track workout once a week, and it usually consists of a tempo run. "I try to vary the pace and not always run the same distance," she said.
After running a marathon, Rollins usually takes five days completely off. "Once I started doing that I stopped getting injured," she said.
Walking however, is allowed. "After the World Championships, I climbed a mountain outside of San Francisco with my son," she said. "My legs were a lot less sore than usual. Walking really flushes out your legs."
Rollins has seen a great amount of success as a Masters runner. At times she wonders how fast she could have run if she started at a younger age.
"Who knows," said Rollins. "Sometimes I think 'wow, what could I have done if I started running in my twenties?'"
There will always be some "what ifs," but Rollins is nonetheless grateful to have running in her life at an older age.
"My peers that do not exercise are mentally, physically and emotionally so different from me," she said. "If you say, 'Oh I'm getting older, I need to slow down,' you will slow down. What gives me longevity is my passion for running and the camaraderie with my fellow runners," she said. "We are not making a living doing it. It is our hobby and passion."
Although Rollins' times have slowed a bit since she was 43, she is still one of the best women in the world at her age. She has a birthday coming up, and she will be moving into a new age group. Although her raw times may be slowing gradually, her ambition and accomplishments aren't. Once she turns 65 she is setting out to try and break some of the national records in the 65-69 age group.
"There are some records that are in my reach," she said.
Paige McAtee writes the regular "Your Silly Road Race" column for Faster Than Forty. She is a sophomore journalism major at Rider University and competes in cross country and distance events.
Great article, hearing this woman's story is inspiring for me, I definitely want to keep running until I die!
Jillian Bryson
wow!! What an amazing story and inspiration! I love the way this article was written.
Glenda Gomez
hearing inspiring stories like this makes me inspired to keep getting more in shape! thank you!
sarah s.


I have finished reading your book and was trying to locate my latte factor. I looked at what I was spending each day and thought I had really no "latte factor". I went to work and ate my sack lunch that I brought from home. I didn't buy sodas or anything else during the day. I was certain I didn't have a latte factor.
Finally, I got fed up with the whole thing and looked at taking the bus to work. It was still about the same cost (time and money wise). It seemed that there was no escape from this.
UNTIL, by chance, I was in downtown when I noticed a parking lot some 10 blocks away from my work and it was FREE. It was in a remote but safe part of downtown. I map it out and it was about ¾ of a mile walk to work if I was to park there. For the first couple of times that I tried it, it was a long walk and my legs ached; it was definitely reaching out of my comfort zone. It took me about 15 to 20 mins to walk. I told myself to try it for a month. So to minimize the perception of having to deal with a long walk each morning and afternoon, I loaded up my MP3 player with my favorite music and audio books like "Automatic Millionaire" to listen to. The month went by pretty quickly and I noticed that the walks where getting easier and easier. I even started to look forward to the walks. It would give me 30 – 40 mins a day in which I could listen to other audio books. I am getting ready to purchase a home so I am currently listening to "Automatic Millionaire – Homeowner" for the second time.
It has been a year ago since I have been walking the 10 blocks walk into work. I have saved about $1,200.00 (a great start on a down payment for my home), lost 10 lbs, and listen to some great audio books. Sometimes your latte factor just takes a little step out of your comfort zone to see it and realize the many benefits it will have on your life.


Location: It's located right behind the Miller's Ale House by Tinseltown Movie Theater. If you know where Mellow Mushroom is, then you know where Taverna Yamas is.
Extra: Below, you will see a picture of a bunch of napkins on the ground and probably think the place is a mess but it really isn't. Those are from when the staff goes around dancing and singing, they throw napkins up in the air. If you look up, you will see some in the rafters. Pretty neat. They also have a DJ booth inside and they were sure pumping the music out. It was a tad loud for me (It would have been hard to have a conversation) so it was good that we sat outside anyways. This place will definitely be in my rotation. If you want authentic Greek food, give it a shot and let me know what you thought.